Rajnandini, daughter of senior Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa in Karnataka joined the BJP ahead of the Karnataka polls, here on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Dr. G Parameshwara on Wednesday lauded the BJP’s move to field former IAS Officer against him from Korategere constituency.

Bengaluru: BJP on late Tuesday evening released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka elections. The saffron party has fielded Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka against KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar from the Kanakpura assembly constituency.

Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, who had also been a Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency ticket aspirant but was not named in the first list of the party, said on Wednesday that he will meet the party high command in New Delhi to discuss the matter.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday announced his decision to resign from primary membership of the BJP, a day after the ruling party denied him a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections.

The poll process for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections will be formally set in motion on Thursday with the gazette notification.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently in power in Karnataka, released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections on Monday. The ruling party in the state announced candidates for 189 assembly constituencies.

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its list of 189 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The announcement was made on Sunday, April 11, 2023. Among the list of candidates, the incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will contest from the Shiggaon constituency.